March 2004 - Police Chief Magazine

Legislative Alert: 2005 Federal Budget Proposal Released; State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs Face Cuts

President Bush has released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2005. Over all, the budget request totaled $2.4 trillion. For the Department of Justice, the president requested $22.1 billion, a 12 per...

Products & Services

Advances and Applications: March 2004

Where do the good ideas come from? In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about — and benefit from — some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented by law en...

Recruitment & Personnel

Analyzing Concerns among Police Administrators: Recruitment and Retention of Police Officers in North Carolina

In early summer 2000 the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission in conjunction with the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs'...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Controlling Abuse of Sick Leave

Sick leave is an essential benefit in the employee's compensation package. It allows an employee who cannot work due to sickness or accidental injury to continue receiving his or her salary uninterrup...

Crime & Violence

Crime Prevention: Are We Missing the Mark?

According to the IACP Crime Prevention Committee's Towards 2000 and Beyond, "Community safety is everyone's responsibility and crime prevention is everyone's business." This statement reflects the und...

IACP

For Smaller Police Agency Executives: Mentoring for Success

Steps taken to build relationships inside the police agency and between the police and the community in the first year can make or break a new chief's career in the community. For this reason, the IAC...

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From the Director

The Police Chief magazine normally publishes this column in each issue, but a number of factors precluded us from including the column this month. Please use the back button on your browser to return ...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: Saved by the Belt or Air Bag—Revisited

Chief, do your officers exceed the current, unprecedented 79 percent national safety belt use rate or do they avoid wearing safety belts by stretching well-intentioned provisions in state law, such as...